When you need to call down the thunder to deal with those pesky biters, launch a rocket with an ion cannon into orbit and show the bugs who's boss.
NEW +3 technologies: Area Fire and Ion Cannon Mk2
Using the rate calculator from the mod of the same name also summons a targeting reticule for the ion cannon...which, to put it mildly, is rather inconvenient as it proceeds to annihilate whatever setup you're trying to math out lol
It's not a matter of keybinds either as far as I can tell, just using the button for the rate calculator in the hotbar also does the same thing.